The entire packing and loading thing took much longer than expected. We knew that it would be time consuming but had no idea it would take the energy and amount of time that it did. Who knew how much space a king duvet and cover and sheets and mattress cover would take once all folded up? In the end both the car and the U – Haul were full and I mean FULL!!<\/p>\n
Extra special thank you to our great neighbour and friend Jack who helped Colin pull it all together at the last minute. And he even took out all of our garbage and recycle later in the day. Also a huge shout out to our friend Cindy who was concerned that we were still home when we should have been gone 15 minutes earlier. The plumber could not come on the weekend to do the water blow out of the house which is why we rushed things to leave today, \u00a0However I had a hair appointment with Tana which would be my last for a very long while. Cindy took only a nano second to take in the que pasa of the moment and decided to save the day by driving me to the top of the Mission for my appointment giving Colin much needed extra time to finalize the packing and loading. Almost two hours out of her life to do this for me\u00a0\ud83d\ude0e<\/p>\n
Meanwhile I also have another special friend working behind the scenes trying to help us figure out a way to delay the extension of our temporal due to the cartel situation in Sinaloa.<\/p>\n
We had a shaky start to the day but we quickly crossed into the the USA late afternoon with few questions. The border agent asked all the usual questions but not once asked why the Jeep was loaded to the roof nor what we were hauling in the U-Haul. I must say that we truly felt like the Beverly Hillbillies today. It was only about a 130 mile day but we were ready to call it a night. About 10PM now, we just shared a tuna Subway for dinner and a lovely bottle \u00a0of Sauvignon Blanc. The girls were very upset earlier in the day because of all the strange activity.<\/p>\n
Actually I later realized that I was also unsettled as suddenly I was being driven away from my home without having a chance for a final look at the view or even an adios to mi casa\u00a0\ud83d\ude25 It felt strange not leaving the house together.<\/p>\n
Tomorrow is the begging of another adventure for us, roads never travelled and so on.<\/p>\n
Maybe photos tomorrow……<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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